Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such persistence is not easy because there is nothing to go on except the general hunch that there ought to be an opportunity somewhere about . |
| 2 | I can see why nuns wear white when they take the veil , but when you think of the way everyone goes on at the prospect of the wedding night innocence is the last thing on anyone 's mind . ’ |
| 3 | Because they have been treated more as adults here , the contrast between this and ordinary school makes it sometimes difficult for them to return and adapt to being treated as children again , so it is obviously preferable for them to continue on at the unit . |
| 4 | Everyone got on with the business at hand , preoccupied with the problems of food shortages , lack of funds and compliance with the rules of the Islamic order . |
| 5 | THE danger of trying to limp to safety on goalless draws was graphically illustrated by Coventry 's last-gasp defeat which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate . |
| 6 | Coventry slumped to a last-gasp 1–0 defeat at Notts County which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate . |
| 7 | In Philip Burton 's version , from then on , all was sweetness ; Richard occasionally went back to the house of Cis and Elfed ( on Sunday mornings ) and the two of them got on with the transformation of the street boy into the stage man . |
| 8 | No point in me hanging on to the stuff , cos the baby 's grown out of it , that 's it , is n't it ? |
| 9 | But I mean we also , we , I mean we 're providing a service for them to allow them to come on off the street , use the bus , right , but at the same time were trying to provide services for them because one of the things that came out in a consultation was , young people did n't feel that there was enough information for them in the town . |
| 10 | Billy took one of the baskets from Molly , and the three of them wandered on through the wood . |
| 11 | I led on to the subject of the probability of his having shortly to be released from his pain and suffering and hoped that his trust was in his Saviour and he replied , ‘ Oh yes , it is ! |
| 12 | Much weakened constitutionally , I passed on to the next stage . |
| 13 | After we 'd agreed the itinerary I got on with the detailed flying planning , using the new French VFR maps and the American TPC ( Tactical Pilotage Charts ) which we bought from Stamfords in London . |
| 14 | ‘ I got on with the work , tried very hard to stay jovial , and kept a smiling face . |
| 15 | She went , and I got on with the life of Ellen Parkin , about to emerge from her chrysalis , to spread her wings as Eleanor Darcy . |
| 16 | On Monday , the first day of the fair , Mum took me down to The Market Place after school and , armed with my fare , I got on to the children 's roundabout . |
| 17 | I got on to the roof : the upper levels of mortar had crumbled so much that it was doubtful if the stack would survive the next gale . |
| 18 | And then I got on to the , I was convenor of the housing allocation committee for very many years . |
| 19 | ‘ I got on to the hospital and then the local police lab and said I was from her insurance company and we operated a no pay clause if drink-driving was involved . ’ |
| 20 | I sank on to the bucket and took a long pull at the coffee . |
| 21 | Once this had been achieved , and we had given each other that little nod of recognition with which one acknowledges an intellectual equal , I moved on to the question that really interested me , which was how Alison came to know Thomas Carter in the first place . |
| 22 | Eventually I moved on from the blues , picking up on Ronnie Lane again , only by this time The Small Faces had become The Faces . |
| 23 | These issues I touch on in the latter part of the chapter . |
| 24 | ‘ I came on for the final five minutes of that match and got 45 minutes in the second half of the second leg which we won 1–0 . |
| 25 | Erm when I came on to the flats I came with an open mind and I was gon na you know take things as I as I met them . |
| 26 | We did a production of The Caretaker , which I designed , directed and in which I played on for the characters . ’ |
| 27 | With my burdens lying against the brickwork of the bridge , I walk on along the same narrow path that now begins to climb the side of a rather bald looking hill . |
| 28 | I suppose I was on my way to call for Millie , but I walk on past the house instead , obscurely ashamed to have caught her father unawares . |
| 29 | So I pedalled on up the Via Capitano . |
| 30 | Full of misgiving I drove on into the darkness . |